Should a cow swallow her cud, the animal will die, unless another cud be immediately given her.
Hard-hack[6] was thus named by the early colonists, who declared that the tough stalk turned the edge of the mower’s scythe.
If you see a white horse, you will immediately after see a red-haired woman.
Bubbles gathering on top of a cup of coffee or chocolate indicate, if they cluster at the middle, or “form an island” in prophetic parlance, money coming to you. If, however, the bubbles gather at the sides of the cup, you will not get the money.
Two chairs, placed by accident back to back, are a sign of a stranger.
Coming in at one door, and immediately going out at another, has the same meaning.
A tea-stem floating in the tea-cup—a common thing before the day of tea-strainers—also foreshadows the coming of a stranger. Old people say “you must butter his head and throw him under the table, if the charm is to work.” A tea-leaf means the same thing, its length denoting whether the stranger will be short or tall.
To let fall your fork is a sure sign that you are going to have a caller on that very evening, or, as the girls declare, have “a beau.” A very estimable lady said when telling me this, that when she was a young girl she never had that accident happen to her that she did not immediately get ready for a caller; and she added that seldom, or never, was this sign known to fail.
If a young girl has the nosebleed, it is a sign that she is in love.[7]
If your nose itches you will either